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Why doesn’t Australia make more medicines? Wouldn’t that fix drug shortages?

  • Written by Peter Coomber, PhD Candidate, Pharmaceutical Supply Chains, The University of Queensland
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About 400 medicines are in short supply in Australia. Of these, about 30 are categorised as critical. These are ones with a life-threatening or serious impact on patients, and with no readily available substitutes.

Since 2024, there has been a nationwide shortage of sterile fluid. This continues to affect health care across...

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